run by Lon Rombough. Since that liost is private, I though it might
be interesting if I echo these on the CZ blog. Here we go....
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Date: Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:13 PM
Subject: Ambers 06-120-4 = 'Carol Mae Ambers' pics
To: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Hi All,
I went ahead and picked the seedling vine of my 'Carol Mae
Ambers' on Monday. It still needed to hang a bit, but I wanted to
harvest it before any more clusters suffered bunch stem necrosis due
to infection at stink bug puncture sites. Brix were 18.5, pH at 3.3,
and TA about 1.2%. Tartrates precipitated in the crushing container
as is usual for these aesti-hybrids. The stinkers can really screw up
fruit in shaded vines where they like to hang out inside the clusters.
I've seen several with their probosci inserted into the rachis of
clusters. Anyway, check out the pics of this remarkable little grape
from a very old fashioned cross (bicolor X Diamond). Looks like I'll
get a couple of bottles of wine from the fruit I grew. The color
looks remarkably good, too, and the must had a nice mouth feel. The
fresh crushed aroma is a bit more grapey-welchy than Norton, but it
seems to volatilize and become simply fruity very quickly. That's me
in pic #1. Good thing I got my hair cut so the gray isn't so obvious!
Cheers, Cliff
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